It is difficult to do better in introducing the decision in London NHS Trust v CD & Ors (Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Treatment) [2021] EWCOP … Read More ›
Month: March 2021
In this “in conversation with” Dr Chris Danbury, we discuss the impact of the Supreme Court decision in Aintree v James, the concept of futility, … Read More ›
Liberty Protection Safeguards update March 2021 – what will the Code of Practice be likely to cover?
In the 5th LPS Stakeholder Newsletter published on 26 March 2021, the DHSC LPS team have provided a useful update on the Code of Practice, … Read More ›
In AB v CD & Ors [2021] EWHC 741 (Fam), Lieven J has considered further the fall-out from the Bell judgment concerning the administration of … Read More ›
Publishing its review of the Coronavirus Act one year one and the ‘Steps’ regulations for the next stage of lockdown the DHSC has confirmed that … Read More ›
From 29 March 2021, the lockdown regulations in England are being replaced with a new framework, designed to give legal effect to the Government’s roadmap. … Read More ›
In a perhaps slightly curious development in 2020, the DHSC decided that its own statutory guidance (accompanying the Care Act) was wrong in relation to … Read More ›
Re EOA [2021] EWCOP 20 is a complex case in relation to a 19 year old man, of wider interest for the way in which … Read More ›
The CQC published on 18 March 2021 Protect, respect, connect – decisions about living and dying well during COVID-19, a hard-hitting report looking at DNACPR … Read More ›
HMCTS have announced that: To further support digital working within the Court of Protection we are starting to use electronic filing of documents (aka e-filing) … Read More ›